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/Sounds like "tee" (as in "tea") + "RAHR" (as in "rapper") + "POH" (as in "port") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

In Mexico, to put on a fake attitude or persona to impress others. The person who tira pose plays tough or cool but it's all an act that falls apart at the first test.

Examples

Stop tirar pose - everyone knows what you're really like.

He showed up acting all hard but backed down the moment things got real.

Regional synonyms

To die, to kick the bucket. In Mexico, petatear comes from petate, the woven mat on which the poor were laid to die or were buried on. It's darkly poetic slang, blunt and black-humored about death.